| 释义 |
Definition of up-and-under in English: up-and-undernoun Rugby A high kick that allows time for fellow team members to reach the point where the ball will come down. Example sentencesExamples - He is particularly adept at hitting up-and-unders on the run - a kick which, because the recipient has to look to the heavens and wait on the catch, is seldom easy to return.
- Despite many spirited runs by the away team, the ball was often squandered with clueless up-and-unders.
- He sent up an huge up-and-under which he dropped, allowing him to slide over the try-line.
- The Galway side barely made acquaintance with the Edinburgh 22 during the opening half-hour, their predilection for the up-and-under rarely backed up with decent pressure on the home bodies waiting for the ball to return to earth.
- It was an up-and-under and he went to kick the ball just as Jim was going for it and his boot caught Jim on the head.
Rhymes asunder, blunder, chunder, hereunder, plunder, rotunda, sunder, thereunder, thunder, under, wonder |